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CA’s Wildfire-Driven Insurance Crisis Spreads to Lower-Risk Homes Insurers have stopped covering homes in some California neighborhoods at lower risk of wildfire damage, forcing thousands of homeowners...
WA Enacts Ban on Microchipping Workers Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( HB 2303 ) prohibiting companies from requiring their workers to get microchip implants. The new law allows workers...
NJ Gov Wants Big Employers to Help Cover Cost of Medicaid New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) unveiled a state budget plan that proposes generating $145 million in funding for Medicaid by requiring large...
When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) spoke about the need for affordable healthcare and housing last month , she joined a chorus of governors of both major parties who have made affordability a focus...
MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
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California Gov. Newsom (D) signed a bill (SB 399) prohibiting businesses from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings concerning religious or political matters. The measure was one of nearly a dozen introduced this year targeting such “captive audience” meetings, which are sometimes used to deliver anti-union messaging. (SACRAMENTO BEE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike for better wages after reaching a tentative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. The strike of 45,000 East and Gulf coast dockworkers—their first large-scale walkout in 50 years—had stopped the flow of about half of the nation’s ocean shipping. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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